Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes into account a player's results over six half-year periods. For a look at the entire list, visit the official GPI website. Here's a look at the rankings as of Sept. 28, 2016.

GPI Top 10 Canadians

Canadian Rank

Global Rank

Player

Total Score

1

31

Sam Greenwood

3,326.98

2

33

Ari Engel

3,246.13

3

44

Mike McDonald

3,092.67

4

51

Timothy Adams

3,014.07

5

68

Sam Chartier

2,797.40

6

82

Mike Leah

2,682.42

7

84

Mike Watson

2,657.79

8

87

Daniel Negreanu

2,612.30

9

92

Daniel Dvoress

2,579.26

10

122

Jonathan Duhamel

2,439.29

Sam Greenwood leads Team Canada for yet another week, but the second-best player in the country is now Ari Engel after he finished in 31st place in the WPT Borgata Poker Open Main Event recently, collecting enough points to surpass Mike McDonald on the roster.

The only other change was Daniel Dvoress losing a spot after some older results degraded in value, giving Daniel Negreanu the opportunity to climb one spot. But while there weren't many results on the live tournament circuit this past week for Canadians, many of these players had great success online in PokerStars' WCOOP which you can read all about here.

2016 GPI Player of the Year

Rank

Player

GPI Score

Change

1

Fedor Holz

3,637.69

-

2

Chance Kornuth

3,336.54

-

3

Paul Volpe

3,192.20

+1

4

David Peters

3,097.44

-1

5

Adrian Mateos

3,045.89

-

6

Nick Petrangelo

3,008.21

-

7

Ivan Luca

2,992.47

-

8

Jason Mercier

2,931.51

-

9

Connor Drinan

2,926.70

-

10

Dominik Nitsche

2,875.65

-

Fedor Holz retained the top spot in the 2016 Global Poker Index Player of the Year race for a 16th-straight week where still enjoys a comfortable lead over Chance Kornuth in second position.

Looking below the top 10, two other players who cashed in the WPT Borgata Poker Open Main Event were able to move closer to the upper part of the POY leaderboard. John Racener finished ninth in the event, helping him go from No. 58 to No. 33 and William Foxen took 13th which gave him points to go from No. 57 to No. 29.

GPI 300 Top 10

Rank

Player

GPI Score

Change

1

Fedor Holz

4,885.33

-

2

Nick Petrangelo

4,392.22

-

3

Jason Mercier

4,304.04

+1

4

Steve O'Dwyer

4,295.30

-1

5

Byron Kaverman

4,247.25

-

6

Connor Drinan

4,183.95

-

7

Anthony Zinno

4,022.11

+1

8

Bryn Kenney

3,992.68

+1

9

David Peters

3,977.75

-2

10

Erik Seidel

3,872.57

+1

Holz remains the overall top-ranked tournament player in the world for a 16th-straight week as well, and in fact managed to increase the distance between himself and everyone else thanks to the small adjustments that happen each week as player's' earlier scores get affected by the GPI Aging Factor.

Nick Petrangelo remains in second position while others in the top 10 shuffled slightly and Erik Seidel rejoined the list at No. 10, pushing out Adrian Mateos who slipped from No. 10 to No. 12.

Welcome to the GPI Top 300

Rank

Player

Total Score

245

Matt Waxman

2,027.04

259

Corey Hochman

1,997.98

270

Scott Davies

1,962.63

282

Cord Garcia

1,928.83

290

Roman Valerstein

1,917.10

296

Vineet Pahuja

1,895.38

297

Rumen Nanev

1,893.06

298

Antonio Esfandiari

1,891.11

300

David Stefanski

1,888.04

Nine players joined the top 300 following the latest update, with Matt Waxman the highest-ranked of the group after moving up from No. 328 to No. 245. Waxman also made a deep run in that 1,179-entry WPT Borgata Poker Open Main Event, finishing 11th. Waxman's previous career-high GPI ranking has been No. 7, achieved back in February 2012.

Each of the other eight newcomers have been in the GPI top 300 before. Among that group, Antonio Esfandiari had the highest previous ranking at No. 14, achieved in late June 2013.

Biggest Gains

Rank

Player

Total GPI Score

Change

245

Matt Waxman

2,027.04

+83

270

Scott Davies

1,962.63

+80

300

David Stefanski

1,888.04

+79

231

Dorian Alejandro Rios Pavon

2,047.50

+67

147

Ian O'Hara

2,304.94

+59

Waxman's jump up puts him atop the list of biggest gainers this week (among those in the top 300), followed closely by 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific Main Event winner Scott Davies who elevated from No. 350 to No. 270. Davies finished runner-up to Jermaine Gerlin in the Heartland Poker Tour Daytona Beach Main Event last week to help get him back into the top 300.

Biggest Drops

Rank

Player

Total GPI Score

Change

210

Ludovic Geilich

2,085.82

-53

256

Andrew Chen

2,010.80

-45

257

Diego Zeiter

2,009.19

-38

196

Pascal Hartmann

2,138.44

-34

173

Thomas Muehloecker

2,206.08

-28

Finally, looking at players inside the top 300 who are moving in the downward direction, Ludovic Geilich slipped the furthest after going from No. 157 to No. 210. Canadian Andrew Chen also took a tumble after he logged a single cash at this year's WSOP and not another tournament result since.

What to Expect Next Week

The 2016 Wynn Fall Classic got started yesterday in Las Vegas, the WPT National Valkenburg series is already underway in the Netherlands and the World Series of Poker Circuit is currently making an international stop in Berlin.

Also, the 2016 PMU.fr World Poker Tour National Marrakech festival is underway, with Day 2 of the High Roller event in action today and the Main Event running through the weekend. The PokerNews live reporting team is on hand for those two events, so be sure to check the live updates to see who is playing and winning in Morocco.

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